Buyer Dissonance; the Right Choice? The family home is sold, regret, reminiscing, and what ifs are still going through your mind. You are grateful that open homes are done and there is a SOLD sticker on the board. Time to buy your next, maybe your last, home. No need to be concerned about schools or…
Downsizing before or after retirement? Baby Boomers and early Gen X’ers, all those pre 1970, retirement is on your mind if not already happening or done. When we think of retirement, we think ‘not working full time’ or ‘not working at all’, we think travel, and adventures. Do we put much thought into our home?…
Why do you want to move? Moving is a huge life experience. It’s expensive, stressful and time consuming. It can be confusing if you haven’t moved for a while as there are numerous legalities and decisions to make. Why is a move in your thoughts? Has something happened to make it desirable or necessary? Health…
Buy First, Sell First, Which one is right for you? The dilemma, do you buy your next home before you sell or do you sell your home first and then buy? It is a dilemma when you get to a certain age particularly if you will need to borrow. Although you may have alot of…
Our home is our castle. We have worked hard, we have been paying it off for years, adding our own special touches. Our children may have grown up in this home. There have been Christmas days, birthday parties, general every day days. Maddening rushes to leave the home on time for school, for work or…
Underestimating time and how quickly it flies by. We also say that time speeds up as we get older. The halcyon days of never-ending summers as children, ramping up until we are celebrating Christmas when it feels like it should only be June. There is never enough time when we need to get stuff done,…
Buying a home when you are over 60 is a similar process to buying a home when you are 30. The biggest difference is that you probably won’t have 40 years to make up financially for an error in judgment. Buying a home based purely on emotion when you are at the beginning of your…
